{"podcast":{"title":"Unsilent","slug":"unsilent-6491867","podcast_index_feed_id":6491867,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/unsilent","website_url":"http://www.unsilentpodcast.com","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/z4j5YKnvQ5egb1mxdUUgXMg8iM5sE0G2BHgSkdfIJpg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQzNTIxLzE2OTAy/NDA2MzktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg","author":"Dave Parkhurst and Brian Harding","episode_count":157,"summary":"Chronicling what went wrong for Middle America to future generations We are digging deeper into the social / political conversation: Diagnosing and discussing the underlying issues we are facing as a society, the irrational philosophies and ideas we are being subjected to, and their disastrous consequences.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-02T08:21:57.814178+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unsilent-6491867"},"episode":{"title":"144. Unfixable: Institutions And Systems Are Now Broken Beyond Repair","slug":"144-unfixable-institutions-and-systems-are-now-broken-beyond-repair","published_at":"2026-05-23T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unsilent-6491867/144-unfixable-institutions-and-systems-are-now-broken-beyond-repair","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unsilent-6491867","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/5776cebd","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/5776cebd/badb2a95.mp3","summary":"If the statement, “The purpose of a system is what it does,” is true, then one does not have to look at too many of our current institutions and systems to see that what they have become are not systems to support everyday Americans, but rather systems that take from those citizens. Tune in to hear Dave and Brian explain to a person living 70 years from now what living in this moment is like. Do you want to be unsilent? Make your voice heard on our social media channels and share where you think we got it right, and where we missed the mark. Go to https://unsilentpodcast.com/ for social links so you can join the discussion. Find us on Rumble here: https://rumble.com/c/c-3319829","meta_description":"If the statement, “The purpose of a system is what it does,” is true, then one does not have to look at too many of our current institutions and systems t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2507,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/unsilent-6491867/episodes/144-unfixable-institutions-and-systems-are-now-broken-beyond-repair/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unsilent-6491867/144-unfixable-institutions-and-systems-are-now-broken-beyond-repair.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}